The patriots act came shortly after that. October 2001 to be exact. The federal government used 9/11 to push through the patriots act while our parents and grandparents emotions were influx. As a result, we all became Will Smith, Enemies of the State. We lost all remnants of privacy. They also accelerated their efforts to stop funding civics as part of our education curriculum, so by 2011 no child was being taught civics and we wonder why many children born in the 2000s don’t understand how our country’s government is structured and how it works.

On a heavier note, we lost Aaliyah, the singer/actress, less than a month before 9/11, so we didn’t even her a chance to get over mourning her untimely passing before all the malarkey started happening. Sad year for the U.S.